This document provides summaries of paintings by four Canadian artists: 1) Ross Penhall's oil painting "Point of View" depicts peaceful green hills and mountains with azure skies. 2) Another of Penhall's works, the oil painting "Challenges on the Horizon", shows a dark forest path that leads to a lighter area, possibly representing overcoming adversity. 3) Michael Tickner's painting "Winters Bluff" uses unique lines and colors to depict shapes with differing textures against a wavy sky. 4) Emily Carr's 1912 work "Indian War Canoe" depicts a canoe and logs using texture to make them appear three-dimensional, representing the storytelling aspect of

1. Canadian Artists
By Celine

2. Ross Penhall
Point of View is an oil painting done by
Ross Penhall. I think it is a very
beautiful drawing showing the beauty of
nature with its peaceful green farm hills,
the tall, majestic mountains in the
background and the azure skies. This
painting makes me feel quite peaceful
and calm. There are organic, natural
shapes used in the painting but he used
different shades of green with different
values to make the painting more
interesting and real. Ross Penhall also
used the space very well. He used half
of the page to draw the hedges and also
drew the hedges big and at the bottom
of the page to show that it is closer to
us. The way he painted it also showed
that the hedges are on a hill. The rest of
the page was used to draw smaller
hedges to show that they were at the
bottom of the hill and the mountains in
the background. The hedges and
bushes in this drawing also have
texture. I think that they look fluffy and
soft like clouds.

3. Ross Penhall
This oil painting is called Challenges on the Horizon by
Ross Penhall. Unlike most of his drawings which are
usually sunny and bright, this one looks a bit dark. I
think that this painting is about the challenges that
people face in life. The path begins in a dark forest and
as you walk along the path, the trees start to have a
squiggly line maybe showing a person getting out of a
problem. Then the path leads to the outside where it is
light, maybe signifying a person overcoming adversity.
There is a variety of lines in this painting. There are
squiggly lines, vertical lines,curved lines, and diagonal
lines. The shapes in this painting are organic and there
are no geometrical shapes. The trees have form too
because they look three dimensional with the shading
and shadows. The colour in this picture is mostly green
with a bit of white, yellow, and brown. Mostly, it's dark
green but there's some light greenish-yellow too. In this
painting, you can feel the grass. Some look spiky
which makes you feel the spikiness in your head while
some look smooth making you feel the smoothness of
the grass. There is positive spacing too. There's not
too much of one thing and the trees are evenly
distributed on the canvas. There's not a big clump of
trees in one area and a few lone trees in another.

4. Michael Tickner
Winters Bluff by Michael Tickner is
a very colourful drawing. There are
a lot of different shapes, colour,
and value in Winters Bluff and the
art style is also very unique.
Michael Tickner used lines in his
painting to separate the colours in
the shapes. There are also wavy
lines in the sky. He also showed
form by painting darker colours to
show shadows. He also used
positive spacing. I think that he
used the space of the
canvas/paper very well. There is
not much texture though. The
rocks on the side of the picture
look rugged and I can “feel” it but
the other objects, not so much. I
think that this painting is about
winter coming to an end and a new
season with green life is starting. I
really like this art style with its
simplicity and uniqueness. Instead
of shading, Michael Tickner uses
different colours to show shadows.
This painting makes me feel alive
and calm.

5. Michael Tickner
Safe and Clear is a giclee on canvas
painting by Michael Tickner. Tickner
used shape, colour, a bit of texture,
and lines in his painting. The shapes
are mostly organic and the colours
are bright and cheerful. Like his other
drawings, he used different colours to
show shadows and lines to separate
the colours. The rocks in this painting
have texture and “feel” rocky and
bumpy, but the other objects don't
have much. I think the painting has
good value and space and lines are
also used in this picture such as in
the sky. This painting makes me feel
happy and calm because of the calm
clear waters. I think this painting is
about the lighthouse keeping all the
boats in the waters safe from the
rocks. That's why it is standing on the
highest rock as if keeping watch over
the oceans.

6. Emily Carr
Indian War Canoe was painted in
1912 by Emily Carr. She used
construction paper and oil pastels.
Emily Carr used shape, colour,
value, form, and texture in this
painting to make it look real. She
used a lot of colours and the tree,
canoe, and the logs look 3-D. The
tree branches and grass also have
texture. They look real and I can
imagine reaching my hand into the
painting and feeling the roughness
of the grass and tree. She also used
lines and positive spacing. The title
of this artwork is Indian War Canoe
and when someone looks at this
painting, the first thing they will see
is the canoe. Emily Carr used the
space well. I think this painting is
about how the First Nations build
canoes to represent families or to
tell a story. This canoe is being built
and painted so maybe the story of
this canoe is still untold. The canoe
in this painting makes me feel
adventurous and bold.

7. Emily Carr
Strait of Juan De Fuca is an
oil on paper painting by Emily
Carr done in the year 1936.
This painting has a lot of wavy
lines and shapes and the
colours in this painting are
mostly blues, greys, and
greens. There's value in this
painting too because there
are different shades of blue
and grey in the skies. The
form and texture are pretty
good though some objects
don't look very 3-D or have
texture. The spacing is also
good. The hills and the rocks
take up most of the space
with the ocean and beach the
rest. This painting makes me
feel gloomy because of the
gray skies and ocean. I think
this painting is just about the
Strait of Juan and the rolling
hills and crashing waves.